Glenn Beck: America's One Nation Under GOD

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This entry was posted on 11/15/2007 6:58 PM and is filed under Politics '07 - 08,Celebrities '07.



By AmericasNewsToday.Org staff 

Glenn Beck: America's One Nation Under GOD
Show Transcript, Tuesday, October 9, 2007:

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
Watch the videotape here.

BECK: Well, hello, America. If you`re tuning in for some political correctness, you might want to turn the channel right away.

We are one nation under God, right? No, huh-uh. At least as far as some of our Capitol Hill gang is concerned, we`re not. An Eagle Scout in Ohio found that out as he tried to honor his grandfather with a gift of a flag that had flown over the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

His grandfather was an Army veteran. Young man requested the inscription on the flag certificate mention his grandfather`s love of -- and I quote -- "God, country, and family." The Capitol office responded by eliminating the word "God", because they said it was a violation of the rules. So tonight here`s the point.

America is one nation under God, and the day we forget that, we are all in big trouble. And here`s how I got there.

You don`t have to take my word for it. Whether you look at the Pledge of Allegiance or the Declaration of Independence, you`ll see our Founding Fathers chose their words carefully. God was not included by accident.

But look. I am a member of a faith with a long history of persecution at the hands of the government. The Mormons -- I don`t know if you know this -- are actually the only faith in American history to have an extermination order leveled against them by the government. So I`m kind of a passionate believer in separation of church and state.

But at the same time, you can`t deny the -- the simple fact that America is largely a Christian nation. We were founded on the principles of God. In a recent ABC News poll, over 83 percent of Americans identify themselves as Christian.

God is on our money. An oath to him is part of our judicial process. You can guarantee that every presidential candidate debating tonight is going to mention God`s name at least once. Obama was "God this and God that" all weekend.

So tonight, America, here`s what you need to know.

This is what I believe. There exists a creator who made all things, and mankind should recognize him and worship him.

Two, the creator has revealed a moral code of happy behavior and happy living which distinguishes right from wrong.

Three, the creator holds mankind responsible for the way we treat each other.

Four, all mankind lives beyond this life.

And, five, in the next life, mankind is going to be judged for their conduct in this one.

And just for the record, those are not just my thoughts. In fact, they`re the fundamental points that Benjamin Franklin believed that should be taught in every single school in America to every single child in America. ... I hope you understand our Founding Fathers believed in God. They also believed that liberty they fought for, for all of us to enjoy and squander, had been endowed on us by our creator.

I respect that faith is deeply personal. You don`t have to believe what I believe. But we, as a nation, better identify what our belief in God and all the love, the mercy, and the compassion that he embodies, as well as the responsibility and the restraint that he demands.

No matter what your religion, I believe there is something good in all of that for all of us to enjoy. End of sermon. Amen.

(END VIDEOTAPE)
Watch the videotape here.

Additional reporting by CNN's Glenn Beck.  




 

 
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